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Communicating Europe: Italy Manual Information and contacts on the Italian debate on EU enlargement in the Western Balkans Supported by the Global Opportunities Fund – Reuniting Europe of the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office 19 May 2008 Contents ABOUT THIS MANUAL ...................................................................................................................... 1 A. MEDIA ...................................................................................................................................... 2 1. ELECTRONIC MEDIA: TV AND RADIO ......................................................................................... 2 2. PRINT MEDIA: NATIONAL PRINT MEDIA ..................................................................................... 8 2.1. The quality dailies .............................................................................................................. 9 2.2. Weeklies ........................................................................................................................... 12 2.3. Press Officers of EU Institutions in Italy ............................................................................ 13 2.4. Online Media ................................................................................................................... 14 2.5. News Agencies ................................................................................................................ 14 2.6. Regional print media ...................................................................................................... 16 B. BUSINESS, CIVIL SOCIETY AND ACADEMIA ............................................................. 19 1. BUSINESS .................................................................................................................................. 19 1.1. Confindustria ................................................................................................................... 19 1.2. Chamber of Commerce ................................................................................................... 21 1.3. Finmeccanica .................................................................................................................. 21 1.4. ENI ................................................................................................................................. 22 1.5. ENEL ............................................................................................................................. 22 1.5. Banca d’Italia ................................................................................................................... 23 1.6. Trade Unions ................................................................................................................... 24 2. RESEARCH INSTITUTES, FOUNDATIONS AND JOURNALS .......................................................... 25 C. POLITICS ............................................................................................................................... 35 1. THE ITALIAN PRESIDENT ........................................................................................................ 36 2. GOVERNMENT .......................................................................................................................... 37 2.1. National Parliamentary Elections 13-14 April 2008 ............................................................. 37 3. PARLIAMENT AND POLITICAL PARTIES .................................................................................... 45 3.1. Democratic Party (Partito Democratico, PD) ................................................................ 45 3.2. People of Freedom (Popolo della Libertà, PdL) ............................................................ 46 3.3. The Left – The Rainbow (La Sinistra – L'Arcobaleno) ................................................... 47 3.4. The Socialist Party (Il Partito Socialista) ....................................................................... 47 3.5. Union of the Centre (Unione di Centro) ......................................................................... 47 3.6. The Right (La Destra) ..................................................................................................... 47 3.4. Parties outside the blocks ................................................................................................... 48 4. JUDICIARY ................................................................................................................................ 48 Communicating Europe: Italy Manual 1 ABOUT THIS MANUAL Who shapes the debate on the future of EU-enlargement in Italy today? This manual is meant to provide an answer to this question through a user-friendly overview introducing key people in key institutions. It sets out by giving some core facts about Italy, its population, economic growth, numbers and trends of foreigner resident in the country. It describes the Italian media landscape: the crucial role of TV, radio and print media (newspapers and journals), both in Rome and in Italian regions. It then describes the most important interest groups. At the end it offers an overview of the key political institutions, the current government, parliament and the main political parties. Any debate in any vibrant democracy is characterised by a large number of different voices that can be heard. Nonetheless, when it comes to Italian views on enlargement, the voices included in this manual are certainly among the most influential. Istanbul - Rome, May 2008 www.esiweb.org Communicating Europe: Italy Manual 2 A. MEDIA This section provides an overview of relevant Italian media, editors, and journalists with an interest in the Western Balkans and EU issues. Most of the journalists in this list speak English. 1. Electronic media: TV and radio Italians can choose from eight national TV free channels: RAI1, RAI2, RAI3, Canale Cinque, Rete Quattro, Italia Uno, La Sette and MTV. There about 800 local TV channels. Two groups control 85% of the audience and 90% of advertising revenues: Rai and Mediaset. Rai (http://www.rai.it/), a public company, started broadcasting in 1954. While up until the 1980s it was a strict preserve of the Italian government’s main political party, the Christian Democrats. Mediaset (http://www.mediaset.it) has three channels and about half of the advertising revenues. It is the media group founded by Silvio Berlusconi. Mediaset is owned by Fininvest, of which Berlusconi is the main shareholder. Mediaset's commercial stations tilt towards entertainment and advertising, but the three evening news (Tg5, Tg4 and Studio Aperto) are competitive with the public television information. La 7 (www.la7.it) is considered to be the third major television network. It is a private television channel that is owned by Telecom Italia Media. Sky Italia (www.sky.it), owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, virtually has the monopoly of the pay-TV sector in Italy. It was launched in July 2003 and created through a merge of Telepiu and Stream. Rai International (http://www.international.rai.it/engl/index.shtml) broadcasts, throughout the world, the best of the programmes of Rai Radiotelevisione Italiana, as well as original programmes made for Italians who live abroad and for all those who have a family link with our country or want to know more about Italy. Since its inception in 1995, Rai International has worked under an agreement with the Italian government in order to develop the presence of public service in international radio and television broadcasting. Rai International also strives to meet the demands for information and services from Italian communities abroad. www.esiweb.org Communicating Europe: Italy Manual 3 The Rai offices abroad Source: http://www.ufficiostampa.rai.it/UFFICIO_STAMPA_MAIN_SEDI.aspx The Balkans are covered by the RAI-correspondent Ennio Remondino, based in Istanbul. Cihangir Cad. No:24 D:13 K:6, Cihangir-Istanbul phone: 0090 212 252 78 40 Fax: 0090 212 252 78 42 Mobile: 0090 555 827 04 01 E-mail: [email protected] Two RAI programs are exclusively dedicated to the Balkans, ESTOVEST and Levante. ESTOVEST Estovest is the section of the regional news program (Tgr) and supervision of Giovanni Marzini and Viviana Valente. Estovest is produced in Trieste by the Italian and Slovenian offices of the regional Rai office for Friuli Venezia, but other regional Rai offices contribute to the programs. Estovest is shown on RAI3 Saturdays at 11:15am. www.esiweb.org Communicating Europe: Italy Manual 4 “Explore the East to interpret the West, in the search for common roots. This is our work, the work of Estovest.” The program covers the Balkans and its relations with Italy, but also with new EU-members in the Baltics. Address: RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana Sede regionale per il Friuli Venezia Giulia Via Fabio Severo, 7 34121 Trieste http://estovest.blog.rai.it/ Email: [email protected] Levante /http://levante.blog.rai.it/) Levante is produced by journalists from the regional Rai office in Bari. The two editors in chief are Giancarlo Spadoni and Pino Bruno. Journalists contributing are Costantino Foschini, Vito Giannulo, Raffaele Gorgoni and Giuseppe Belviso, Leonardo Casalino, Nicolai Ciannamea, Giovanni Matera, Francesco Salati (Campobasso), Damiano Ventrelli. Alessandra Forte contributes from Rome. Giancarlo Spadoni ([email protected]) Pino Bruno ([email protected]) Levante is aired at 11.30 am every Saturday on RAI3. The self-description of the program reads: “The Balkan regions, considered